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« on: August 30, 2006, 01:55:32 pm »
I had a lecture last night from a PC who found me next to a bunch of items that were layed out by someone for presentation purposes. I can take the occasional lecture or criticism, that itself was not so bad because they were essentially right (though snooty), so I went ahead and picked them up all the items though ... even though the majority of the objects did not belong to me.
I feel that this subject is one that is considerably confusing to PCs right now, and I would like to make a couple of points, and ask a couple of questions...
1) Don't moralize at people about this sort of thing: PICK IT UP! If it is an object lying around somewhere then it takes less effort to pick it up than it does to type a bunch of stuff at someone who is probably just going to tune you out -- not that I would, I do TRY to listen -- but many would just take it the wrong way.
2) Either objects on the ground BELONG TO SOMEONE or they are LITTER. Make up YOUR minds, PCs! I have seen characters dress down a newbie for picking up something laying around that was obviously not being watched by someone, claiming that "it wasn't theirs" and while this is a noble sentiment it may not be correct in PS with regards to the strain it puts on the server.
2a) If someone has just placed an object on the ground between their legs and are standing over it, it MUST be considered theirs because they might be redoing their inventory or showing it to someone or trading. I have seen characters swoop in and grab stuff like this and I consider them thieves and more importantly, just plain rude. But if an object is just sitting around with nobody near it, that is another case...
3) I have noticed that objects in the world will still be there after the server goes down or restarts. What is up with the garbage collection processess? Assuming you guys have had the time to put them in, why do they not fire occasionally and take out the trash? Is it because the devs INTEND that items placed in the world should stay there? If that is so, obviously it would not be a good thing to have 10,000+ rat hides laying around near Harnquist, but are the players the ONLY ONES actually controlling this situation?
4) The reason that we have so much trash lying around is because -- for example -- if one has a rat hide that one does not need and a gold ore that one does, and there is nobody around who wants it, the PC is going to drop the rat hide. One trashcan by Harnquist's would be enough, and maybe one in Oja. The furnace will burn just about anything, but that is not fair to people who are trying to work Metallurgy to burn other items in there. All we need is one container that destroys utterly anything placed within it.
I think I already mentioned 4 in a post in the wish list, and I am sure it is not like you guys have not talked about these things. But I thank you most graciously for your consideration and your time.
Eldoth bows and smiles.